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The Ontological (In)security of Similarity: Wahhabism versus Islamism in Saudi Foreign Policy (2014)
Preprint / Working Paper
Darwich, M. The Ontological (In)security of Similarity: Wahhabism versus Islamism in Saudi Foreign Policy

It has long been argued that identity matters in international relations. Yet, how identity impacts enmity and conflict among states remains the subject of debate. The existing literature asserts that differences in identity can be a source of confli... Read More about The Ontological (In)security of Similarity: Wahhabism versus Islamism in Saudi Foreign Policy.

Everyday Legitimacy in Post-Conflict Spaces: The Creation of Social Legitimacy in Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Cultural Arenas (2014)
Book Chapter
Kappler, S. (2014). Everyday Legitimacy in Post-Conflict Spaces: The Creation of Social Legitimacy in Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Cultural Arenas. In D. Roberts (Ed.), Liberal peacebuilding and the locus of legitimacy (11-38). Routledge

The international community has long been criticized for its lack of social legitimacy in BiH and thus for its failure to create a sustainable social contract in which people can identify with the version of peace that is being implemented in the cou... Read More about Everyday Legitimacy in Post-Conflict Spaces: The Creation of Social Legitimacy in Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Cultural Arenas.

The Continuing Failure of International Relations and the Challenges of Disciplinary Boundaries (2014)
Journal Article
Baron, I. Z. (2014). The Continuing Failure of International Relations and the Challenges of Disciplinary Boundaries. Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 43(1), 224-244. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305829814541834

This article is concerned with addressing the following hypothesis, originally presented in Millennium in 2001: International Relations theory does not influence other academic fields to the extent that it suggests that it should. This claim is re-ex... Read More about The Continuing Failure of International Relations and the Challenges of Disciplinary Boundaries.

What is policeness? On being police in Somalia (2014)
Journal Article
Hills, A. (2014). What is policeness? On being police in Somalia. The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society, 54(5), 765-783. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azu049

This article uses the notion of policeness to explore the essence of what police are, what makes for a police and what makes it recognized as such. Western ideas of police are based on a specific understanding of what a police organization is, but th... Read More about What is policeness? On being police in Somalia.

Leaving and Longing: Migration Museums as Nation-Building Sites (2014)
Journal Article
Sutherland, C. (2014). Leaving and Longing: Migration Museums as Nation-Building Sites. Museum and Society, 12(2), 118-131

In the evolving context of new museology, museum interpretations of the nation variously contribute to and critique the nation-building discourse that continues to legitimate the contemporary nation-state. A focus on borders and cross-border migratio... Read More about Leaving and Longing: Migration Museums as Nation-Building Sites.